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changes to two quarts sand, four quarts soil, four 

 quarts well-rotted manure well sifted and having 

 added to it one half pint fine ground bone. This, 

 thoroughly mixed, makes a good food supply for 

 larger plants. In any of these soil compositions, cow 

 manure, a "cold" manure, can be advantageously 

 substituted for well-rotted horse manure. The pots 

 should change according to development of plant to 

 sizes one half inch or inch larger, at each resetting. 



Method of Shifting: Have the earth in the p)Ot 

 from which the plant is to be removed slightly damp. 

 It will come out easier, the soil will adhere together 

 instead of crumbling, and the roots of the plant will 

 be less disturbed. Remove the plant by inverting 

 its pot and rapping it slightly on the edge of a bench 

 or table. Meanwhile hold the plant so that its ball of 

 earth will fall lightly into the left hand; crumble a 

 little earth from the upper and lower edges of the ball 

 so as to expose a fresh, clean surface. Remove any 

 adhering drainage and reset in a pot one third filled 

 with earth. Firm the soil well about the plant, keep- 

 ing it erect and well centered. Label. Water and set 

 away in shade for twenty-four hours. 



Transplanting. — An easy method of transplanting is 

 to take any ordinary board i foot wide' and as long as 

 the bed is wide. Space it off into squares 2x2 inches 

 or 2 X 3 inches according to the distance apart the 

 plants are to be set and bore a | inch hole at each 

 cross and drive into this a pin that has been sharp- 

 ened rather bluntly, that will project about 3J inches. 

 Lay the board on the bed pegs down and step on it. 

 This will drive the pins into the earth making places 

 for the plants. Then lift the board and move it back 



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